“In the Renaissance (starting around 1400 A.D.), singing was taught, as part of general education, at the Cathedral schools. Choruses were formed there, and the great composers emerged from those choruses. The challenge of the Renaissance was the education of the people, in an environment hostile to their education. Music, and choruses, were a short cut. Great choral traditions were founded within the church, but also by working people. Let us leave you with one of each -- from wildly different times and places!”